There are concerns the changes could affect businesses and rural communities.
Jacob and his father Peter say the changes to inheritance tax mean they would be forced to sell off land, making their farm less viable
He fears having to sell off parts of his family's 700-acre hill farm near Bridgend to afford a future tax bill, saying his forefathers would be "turning in their graves". "It's all quite raw with us in the fact that we've gone through and sorted a lot of affairs after my father," he explained.Anwen Hughes says it's been an "anxious and worrying" time for farmers in her position.
An official NFU "mass-lobby" event at a conference centre in Westminster was so oversubscribed that it has had to be split into several sessions, each accommodating 600 farmers.A separate rally is expected outside, organised largely online. "My concern is it's not just affecting farmers - it's all the local businesses - the mechanics, the feed merchants the tractor salesmen.the government has repeatedly said that due to other allowances the threshold will in practice be closer to £3m
Sion Roberts, a chartered tax adviser based in north-west Wales said he believed anywhere between 50 and 100 of the farmers on his own firm's books would be affected.
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